Benton v. Walmart, Inc, No. 2:2023cv01034 - Document 47 (D. Nev. 2024)
Court Description: ORDER granting 46 Stipulation TO EXTEND DISCOVERY PLAN AND SCHEDULING ORDER (FIFTH REQUEST). Discovery due by 3/31/2025. Motions due by 4/30/2025. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 5/30/2025. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 11/27/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - CAH)
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Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.vegasvalleylaw.com 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Phone: 702.444.5555 x Fax: 725.800.7227 VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW 8 Document 46 Filed 11/26/24 SAO KRISTOPHER T. ZEPPENFELD Nevada Bar No. 12144 kz@vegasvalleylaw.com GARRETT B. LOGAN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 15063 gbl@vegasvalleylaw.com VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel: (702) 444-5555 Fax: (725) 800-7227 Attorneys for Plaintiff 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Page 1 of 7 CONSTANCE BENTON, Special Administrator of ) the Estate of ROBERT BARCONIA, JR., deceased, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) WALMART INC., a Delaware Corporation d/b/a ) WALMART SUPERCENTER #3728; ROE ) VENDOR CORPORATION; ROE SECURITY ) COMPANY, DOES I-X and ROE CORPORATIONS ) II-X, inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY PLAN AND SCHEDULING ORDER (FIFTH REQUEST) COME NOW Plaintiff, CONSTANCE BENTON, Special Administrator of the Estate of 20 21 ROBERT BARCONIA, JR. (“PLAINTIFF”), Defendant, WALMART, INC. d/b/a WALMART 22 SUPERCENTER #3728 (“WALMART”), and Defendant BROSNAN RISK CONSULTANTS, LTD. 23 (“BROSNAN”), by and through their respective counsel, and hereby submit this Stipulation and Order 24 25 to Extend Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (Fifth Request) pursuant to LR IA 6-1 and LR 26-3 as follows: 26 27 /// 28 /// Page 1 of 7 Benton v. Walmart, Inc Doc. 47 Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW Document 46 Filed 11/26/24 1 I. 2 PROCEDURAL HISTORY Page 2 of 7 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 www.vegasvalleylaw.com 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Phone: 702.444.5555 x Fax: 725.800.7227 VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 On May 25, 2023, Plaintiff Constance Benton, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Barconia, Jr., filed her Complaint against Defendant Walmart in the Eighth Judicial District Court for Clark County, Nevada. On June 16, 2023, Defendant filed its Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint. On July 5, 2023, Defendant filed its Petition for Removal and removed the matter to this Court based on diversity jurisdiction. On July 18, 2023, Defendant filed its Statement Regarding Removal. On August 3, 2023, Plaintiff filed her Motion to Remand to State Court, which Defendant opposed on August 17, 2023, and the Court denied on October 13, 2023. Meanwhile, the parties participated in the Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) conference on August 31, 2023, and their proposed Joint Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order was entered by this Court on September 6, 2023. That same day, the Court also approved the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order regarding disclosure of Confidential Information. On October 26, 2023, the parties, along with the City of North Las Vegas, submitted their proposed Stipulative Protective Order, which the Court approved on October 31, 2023. Plaintiff submitted her Stipulation and Order to Amend the Complaint on February 27, 2024 and the court approved the Stipulation on February 28, 204. Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint on March 1, 2024. Defendant Brosnan Risk Consultants, Ltd. filed is Answer to First Amended Complaint on March 25, 2024. On November 28, 2023, the parties stipulated to extend the Discovery Plan and filed their Stipulation and Order to Extend Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (First request) on November 29, 2023, which this Court approved on December 1, 2023. On January 31, 2024, the parties stipulated to extend the Discovery Plan and filed their Stipulation and Order to Extend Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (Second request) on January 31, 2024, which this Court approved on February 2, 2024. On March 22, 2024, newly added Defendant Brosnan Risk Consultants, LTD. filed its Answer in the case. Thereafter, on May 9, 2024, the Court approved and entered the parties’ Amended Discovery Plan. Page 2 of 7 Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW 1 2 3 4 5 6 Document 46 Stipulation and Order to Extend Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (third request) on July 29, 2024, which the Court approved on July 30, 2024. On or about October 17, 2024, the parties stipulated to extend the Discovery Plan and filed their Stipulation and Order to Extend Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (fourth request) on October 17, 2024, which the Court approved on October 18, 2024. I. 8 www.vegasvalleylaw.com 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Phone: 702.444.5555 x Fax: 725.800.7227 VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 3 of 7 On or about July 29, 2024, the parties stipulated to extend the Discovery Plan and filed their 7 9 Filed 11/26/24 DISCOVERY COMPLETED To date, the parties have completed the following discovery: 1. Plaintiff’s FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served September 8, 2023; 2. Defendant Walmart’s FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served September 15, 2023; 3. Defendant Walmart’s First Supplement to FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served December 28, 2023; 4. Defendant Walmart’s Second Supplement to FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served December 28, 2023; 5. Defendant Brosnan’s FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served April 29, 2024; 6. Defendant Brosnan’s First Supplement to FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served October 17, 2024; 7. Plaintiff’s First Set of Request for Production to Defendant Brosnan, served September 17, 2024; 8. Defendant Brosnan’s Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Request for Production, served October 17, 2024; 9. Plaintiff’s First Set of Request for Interrogatories to Defendant Brosnan, served September 17, 2024; 10. Plaintiff’s First Set of Request for Production to Defendant Walmart, served October 6, 2023; 11. Defendant Walmart’s Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Request for Production, served December 28, 2023; Page 3 of 7 www.vegasvalleylaw.com 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Phone: 702.444.5555 x Fax: 725.800.7227 VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW Document 46 Filed 11/26/24 Page 4 of 7 1 12. Plaintiff’s First Set of Request for Interrogatories to Defendant Walmart, served 2 October 6, 2023; 3 13. Defendant Walmart’s Responses to Plaintiff’s First Set of Interrogatories, served 4 January 4, 2024; 5 14. Plaintiff’s Notice of Intent to Serve Subpoena Duces Tecum to North Las Vegas 6 Police Department, served October 6, 2023; 7 15. Defendant Brosnan’s Second Supplement to FRCP 26 Initial Disclosure, served 8 October 21, 2024. 9 III. 10 DISCOVERY REMAINING TO BE COMPLETED 11 Discovery to be completed includes: 12 1. Deposition of Plaintiff; 13 2. Deposition of Defendants’ employees; 14 3. Deposition of FRCP 30(b)(6) witnesses; 15 4. Deposition of percipient witnesses; 16 5. Initial Expert disclosures; 17 6. Rebuttal Expert disclosures; 18 7. Deposition of Experts; and 19 8. Additional discovery as needed. 20 Good cause exists to continue the current Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. The parties 21 are diligently working to move the case forward. However, the third-party assailant in this matter 22 recently accepted a plea deal and is awaiting sentencing (set for December 4th, 2024). The parties 23 are only now able to obtain information from the homicide investigation that will be crucial to the 24 claims and defenses in this matter. As such, the additional time is necessary to obtain this 25 information and provide to the various experts retained in this matter to further any opinions 26 reached. 27 Therefore, the Parties have agreed to a thirty (30) day extension to allow the Parties to 28 complete the necessary discovery. Specifically, the Parties believe this extension is necessary Page 4 of 7 Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW 1 2 Filed 11/26/24 Page 5 of 7 because the parties will need to schedule the remaining depositions, including Plaintiff’s deposition, conduct expert discovery, and serve additional written discovery. 3 4 Document 46 No trial has been set on this matter and neither party will be prejudiced by the requested extension. 5 6 IV. 7 PROPOSED DISCOVERY SCHEDULE AND TRIAL DATE 8 Current Date Proposed Date Discovery Cut-Off: 02/28/2025 03/31/2025 Motions to Amend Pleadings/Add Parties 12/02/2024 01/03/2025 Initial Expert Disclosures: 12/02/2024 01/03/2025 13 Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: 01/01/2025 01/31/2025 14 Dispositive Motions: 03/31/2025 04/30/2025 15 Joint Pretrial Order 04/30/2025 05/30/2025 10 www.vegasvalleylaw.com 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Phone: 702.444.5555 x Fax: 725.800.7227 VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW 9 11 12 16 /// 17 18 19 /// 20 21 /// 22 23 /// 24 25 26 /// 27 28 Page 5 of 7 Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW 1 2 3 4 Document 46 Filed 11/26/24 Page 6 of 7 No trial date will be impacted by the extension as no such trial date has been set. The parties submit that the reasons set forth above constitute good cause for the requested extension. DATED this 26th day of November 2024. VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW OLSON CANNON & GORMLEY /s/ Kristopher T. Zeppenfeld ________________________________ KRISTOPHER T. ZEPPENFELD, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 12144 710 S. Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Max E. Corrick, II ________________________________ MAX E. CORRICK, II Nevada Bar No. 006609 9950 West Cheyenne Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89129 Attorney for Brosnan Risk Consultants, Ltd. 5 6 7 8 10 www.vegasvalleylaw.com 710 South Seventh Street, Suite C Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Phone: 702.444.5555 x Fax: 725.800.7227 VEGAS VALLEY INJURY LAW 9 11 12 13 14 SKANE MILLS LLP /s/ Sarai L. Thornton ________________________________ SARAI L. THORNTON, ESQ. (#11067) 1120 Town Center Drive, Suite 200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 Attorneys for, Walmart Inc. dba Walmart Supercenter #3728 15 16 IT IS SO ORDERED 17 DATED: 10:15 am, November 27, 2024 18 19 20 BRENDA WEKSLER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 6 of 7 Case 2:23-cv-01034-GMN-BNW Document 46-1 Filed 11/26/24 Page 1 of 3 - + 1B '. % * 7;B 7579 , 69C5<C6; !4 , & * !% - " ,C C J 0, *& $ & *K &,'&F * '&! .A $% *, & *'+& & , C - + 1B '. % * 7;B 7579 , 7C5;C66 !4 , & * !% *'%C * ! A '*&,'& 'C *!+ A (( & $ B +)A C 0 '**! #B $!2 , ( -*B & '$$!& +/'*, B + &! -, +B $$!+'& * 1B &&! * 1& '-, ,, % &,+C !% 556A(& B !% 557A(& You may af x my e-signature. Thanks, Sarai Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2024, at 12:03PM, Kris T. 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